Sunday, 13 May 2012

Such was the stampede when Zuneta.com added Le Metier to their impressive
online portfolio, the limited edition Spring items sold out quickly. I
was able to buy the Kaleidoscope Eye Kit (£75), next time they have limited editions I'll be a bit quicker.
Whilst I always find the colour
combination's of the Kaleidoscope's interesting, this kit is
definitely the most challenging. It contains Ionic (peach
nude), Sky (baby blue), Magnetic (copper) and
Equinox (intense indigo).
The first three shades are more of a satin finish, with the lighter two having a tiny amount of very fine sparkle, the darkest shade is a semi matte. So you have two warms and two
cools.
I've really tried with this but I cannot get a look from it that
I am happy with, but I wanted to show you these so you can see how the colours apply.

I think my problem is with the differing intensities of
the colours, as the peach and pale blue are sheer whereas the copper and
violet are intense, in fact the violet is so pigment heavy that I mainly
use it as a liner as I don't find it blends well. I feel like this kit
is lacking a transitional medium colour intensity shadow and because of
this I feel like the colours just stand apart too much.
Below I have layered the first three shades together,
Apart from the
darkest shade, the shadows have the usual smooth texture and blendable
quality that we get from Le Metier.
So ultimately I am not using the colours together as intended and much prefer using them separately with other shades.

Have you tried layering them in the couches de couleurs technique yet? I would layer the top three shades top to bottom on the lid into the crease then add the bottom shade near the lash line more like a liner but graduated up a touch. See how that works out for you. Hopefully you will find something that you love. I didn't pick this one up but the shades do look lovely.

Hello PerilouslyPale,I did try layering the first three shades but it comes off looking a bit too pink against my skin and I felt it made me look a bit tired, I'm determined to get it to work for me though, I'll probably hit pan at this rate as I keep trying different ways to use it :)

Hi Grace,Yes, a taupey type shade would have made everything better :) I'm glad you like one of the looks, I was very hesitant to post ones I thought looked pants but figured it allowed people to see the colours betterx

I have to admit that I wasn't really tempted by this kaleidoscope as I'm rather light blue phobic! From your review, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be able to create a look from it. Like Grace, I do like the bottom look on you. Are you tempted to depot? ;Dxx

Hi Jane,I think because of the Le Metier drought I got a bit confused on the launch and didn't think this one through as its not the kind of colours I'd normally go for.You know I did try to depot this after I saw PerilouslyPale's post about them having holes you can just poke the shadows though and you know what I couldn't do it right, they just wouldn't move and I ended up making holes in the bit around the eyeshadow instead, that my dear is how much I suck at depotting..hangs head in shame at another fail...xx